Mandarin · Chapter 22
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9 vocabulary lessons, 2 grammar primers, 1 story milestone.
Start this chapterLesson 1 · Words 1901-1910
Words 1901 to 1910
1901 承诺chéng nuò to promise, to undertake, a promise, a pledge verb 1902 艺术yì shù art, the arts noun 1903 子zǐ child, son, seed, small thing (also a common noun suffix) noun 1904 耍shuǎ to play, to play with, to play tricks, to show off verb 1905 让开ràng kāi to step aside, to get out of the way, to make way verb 1906 烧shāo to burn, to cook by heating, to run a fever verb 1907 明明míng míng clearly, obviously, plainly (when reality contradicts something) adverb 1908 惊讶jīng yà surprised, astonished, amazed adjective 1909 免费miǎn fèi free of charge, complimentary adjective 1910 案件àn jiàn case, legal case, criminal case noun Lesson 2 · Words 1911-1920
Words 1911 to 1920
1911 女孩子nǚ hái zi girl, young woman noun 1912 天呐tiān nà oh my goodness, good heavens, oh my god interjection 1913 惩罚chéng fá to punish, punishment, penalty verb 1914 释放shì fàng to release, to set free, to let out verb 1915 吵chǎo noisy, to make a noise, to quarrel, to disturb adjective 1916 位wèi polite measure word for people, place, position, seat measure word 1917 顺便shùn biàn in passing, while one is at it, conveniently adverb 1918 无辜wú gū innocent, not guilty, an innocent person adjective 1919 老鼠lǎo shǔ mouse, rat noun 1920 采取cǎi qǔ to adopt, to take (measures, an approach) verb Lesson 3 · Words 1921-1931
Words 1921 to 1931
1921 联络lián luò to contact, to get in touch, to liaise verb 1922 展示zhǎn shì to display, to show, to demonstrate, to exhibit verb 1923 无关wú guān unrelated, to have nothing to do with, irrelevant verb 1925 箱子xiāng zǐ box, case, trunk, suitcase noun 1926 挑战tiǎo zhàn challenge, to challenge noun 1927 讲话jiǎng huà to speak, to talk, a speech verb 1928 练习liàn xí to practise, exercise, practice verb 1929 点儿diǎn ér a little, a bit, a tiny amount measure word 1930 从来不cóng lái bù never (does), has never adverb 1931 楼上lóu shàng upstairs, the floor above noun Lesson 4 · Words 1933-1943
Words 1933 to 1943
1933 实现shí xiàn to realise, to achieve, to bring about verb 1934 脖子bó zi neck noun 1935 理论lǐ lùn theory noun 1936 关键guān jiàn key, crucial, the crux noun 1938 聚会jù huì gathering, get-together, party noun 1939 推tuī to push, to shove, to postpone verb 1940 洛杉矶luò shān jī Los Angeles noun 1941 方便fāng biàn convenient, handy adjective 1942 耳朵ěr duo ear noun 1943 数字shù zì number, numeral, figure, digit noun Lesson 6 · Words 1944-1953
Words 1944 to 1953
1944 世纪shì jì century noun 1945 奇迹qí jì miracle, wonder noun 1946 各种gè zhǒng all kinds of, various, every sort of adjective 1947 窗户chuāng hù window noun 1948 罪犯zuì fàn criminal, offender, culprit noun 1949 破pò broken, to break, worn out adjective 1950 呼叫hū jiào to call, to page, to summon verb 1951 气qì air, gas, breath, anger noun 1952 仅仅jǐn jǐn only, merely, barely adverb 1953 手术shǒu shù surgery, operation noun Lesson 7 · Words 1954-1963
Words 1954 to 1963
1954 说服shuō fú to persuade, to convince, to talk round verb 1955 死定了sǐ dìng le done for, doomed, a goner other 1956 清理qīng lǐ to clear up, to clean out, to tidy away verb 1957 宣布xuān bù to announce, to declare, to proclaim verb 1958 启动qǐ dòng to start up, to launch, to activate verb 1959 能量néng liàng energy, power noun 1960 分开fēn kāi to separate, to part, to split up verb 1961 车子chē zi car, vehicle noun 1962 室shì room, chamber noun 1963 加上jiā shàng to add, to add on, plus, in addition to verb Lesson 8 · Words 1965-1974
Words 1965 to 1974
1965 印象yìn xiàng impression noun 1966 天空tiān kōng sky noun 1967 天气tiān qì weather noun 1968 小时候xiǎo shí hòu in childhood, when one was little noun 1969 游泳yóu yǒng to swim, swimming verb 1970 拜拜bài bài bye-bye, goodbye interjection 1971 滚开gǔn kāi get lost, clear off, go away (rude) verb 1972 大部分dà bù fen most, the majority, the greater part noun 1973 教练jiào liàn coach, trainer, instructor noun 1974 哟yō oh, hey (interjection of mild surprise) interjection Lesson 10 · Words 1976-1987
Words 1976 to 1987
1976 集jí to gather, to collect, collection, episode verb 1977 阿姨ā yí aunt, auntie, nanny, female domestic helper noun 1978 估计gū jì to estimate, to reckon, to suppose, estimate verb 1979 科学kē xué science, scientific noun 1981 乐意lè yì to be willing, to be glad to, happy to verb 1982 鼻子bí zi nose noun 1984 地区dì qū area, region, district noun 1985 塔tǎ tower, pagoda noun 1986 杀害shā hài to kill, to murder, to slay verb 1987 孤独gū dú lonely, solitary, loneliness adjective Lesson 11 · Words 1988-2000
Words 1988 to 2000
1988 声shēng sound, voice, tone, a measure word for sounds noun 1992 夏天xià tiān summer, summertime noun 1994 如今rú jīn nowadays, these days, now adverb 1995 某人mǒu rén someone, a certain person, somebody pronoun 1996 元yuán yuan (unit of currency), first, primary measure word 1997 不像bú xiàng to not resemble, to be unlike, not like verb 1998 欧洲ōu zhōu Europe noun 2000 肚子dù zi belly, stomach, tummy noun